Shipyard News

Miko patches came to the rescue on recently when the 60m stern trawler MV Nybo was struck by another trawler whilst at anchor at Vadsø in the Varanger Fjord, Norway. The early…

Based at Volendam in the Netherlands, Habbeke Shipyard has been building aluminium vessels since 1966, winning the Dutch Aluminium Prize for innovation, quality and service in 1994. The yard has established excellent…

For well over a decade the names Holyhead Towing Company Ltd and Hepworth Shipyard Ltd have become virtually synonymous. The two companies have collaborated closely to produce a succession of custom designed…

Another highly distinctive new tug has been delivered to the independent Dutch tugowners G. Bouwman Towing & Shipping BV of Zierikzee by the Gebr Kooiman BV shipyard of Zwijndrecht. The new Mustang,…

This month sees a new catamaran ferry settling in on the route between Gill’ s Bay in Caithness and St Margaret’ s Hope, Orkney. Travelling at 18 knots across the Pentland Firth,…

The UK’ s National Historic Ships Directory of Skills & Services is aiming higher. Due to go online at the beginning of May, the new website aims to bring together not just…

The Mayflower Garden is the oldest operating vessel in the City Cruises fleet on London’ s River Thames, having been built in 1974 by Thomas Hughan of Greenwich. In 2007 the owners…

Inverlane Marine, which recently celebrated 30 years in business on the banks of the River Clyde, has just completed the reconditioning of an FOPX613 purifier.

You could guess at what can happen if a flange carrying fuel fails, and just how nasty the resulting spray of fuel could be. But what happens if this fine spray meets…